Bruins prospect Fraser Minten shows he’s ready for training camp

After being held to one goal and losing in the final minute in their first tournament on Friday the Bruins prospects exploded for a half dozen goals and finished off a - accomplishment over the New Jersey Devils at the Prospects Challenge in Buffalo on Sunday To make matters better for the B s chosen of the players they d like to succeed manifested up on Sunday Fraser Minten had a goal and an assist Dans Locemelis had a pretty tally Brett Harrison had a couple of assists and Riley Duran powered through a blue line check to notch the empty-netter to seal the conquest I thought the guys did a real good job and it was good to see a couple of guys that we re expecting to count points so it s good commented Providence coach Ryan Mougenel Particular of our players who are going to push the Fraser Mintens the Durans it s good to see the puck go in the net for them and I hope it builds certain confidence for them going into main camp As was anticipated Minten was highly noticeable in both games He s reliably in the right spots explained Mougenel Like I explained to the guys the other day the fish don t just jump into the boat when you go fishing It s great that you guys put the work in but now it s time to execute and I think he s in a real good frame of mind for what he s got to do going to camp He s been through it now He s got a certain presence to him now He s a leader I think we ve done a real good job recognizing the person and the participant I m excited for him Main camp opens with physicals on Wednesday and the first on-ice sessions on Thursday From Meeting One to Contest Two you feel a lot more calm just getting reps and playing -on- intense hockey with specific contact so I feel a lot better than I did at the start of the weekend revealed Minten who instantly became one of the B s top prospects when he was acquired from Toronto in the Brandon Carlo deal at the March agreement deadline The B s played better as the competition went on but they lost two one-goal leads and another two-goal before completely prevailing Locemelis gave the B s a - lead in the second period on the power play taking a feed from Minten down low cutting across the crease and beating Devils goalie Trenten Bennett with a nice backhander But after the Devils got one back on Matyas Melovsky s second goal of the championship Locmelis took a bad neutral zone penalty with seconds left in the second period and early in the third Nathan LeCompte beat Bruin goalie Ben Hrebik to tie it at - But at B s defenseman Jackson Edward in his second pro season circled behind the Devils net came out to the low right circle and beat Bennett with a far corner wrist shot Duran then made it hold up as the winner as the Woburn native salted it away with the empty netter with seconds left